"If you look in genre television at the best of those shows - Ron Moore on Battlestar Galactica, Damon Lindelof on Lost and then Joss [Whedon] on Buffy, Angel, Firefly and Dollhouse - there is a single mind or a single vision that is going along with it, " he said.

"When the right person is matched with the right property, that is when we will make the next exciting announcement from Marvel Television."

Loeb added that Marvel TV's output could expand along the lines of the Marvel cinematic universe.

"We took our cue from the movie studio," he confirmed. "They started out very simply in that they made Iron Man and then they made Iron Man 2. Then, in one year, they doubled the production and made Thor and Captain America, which led to The Avengers.

"That's a very smart way of telling your audience that you care deeply about what it is you are making."

Marvel's Agents of SHIELD currently airs on ABC in the US and on Channel 4 in the UK.